Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Illinois
• Level 2: Cook County
• Level 3: Township of Thornton

Current local time in Thornton:

07:54 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Thornton on map:^[1]

Thornton GPS coordinates^[2]

41° 34' 5.124" North, 87° 36' 29.16" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	42.092°,	-88.31123°
Center:	41.56809°,	-87.6081°
Lower-right:	41.03989°,	-86.90498°
Map W x H:	117×117 km	= 72.7×72.7mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑28.5% North
Thornton:	41.56809°
min Lat:	⇓71.5% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Thornton	max Long
-171.73463°	-87.6081°	-66.98998°
W 49%⇐		⇒51% E

Elevation

Elevation of Thornton is 186 m = 610 ft, and this is 108.8 m = 357 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	53.3%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Thornton	186 m = 610 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	46.7%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Thornton is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 2016 km =1252.7 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Thornton
North Pole	5385.1	3346.1	to North
Arctic Circle	2779.2	1726.9	to North
Tropic Cancer	2016	1252.7	to South
Equator	4621.9	2871.9	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Thornton: (largest is in red/bold)

• Chicago Heights 7.3 km =4.5 mi, 198°
• Dolton 7.9 km =4.9 mi, 0°
• East Hazel Crest 3.2 km =2 mi, 280°
• Flossmoor 7 km =4.3 mi, 246°
• Ford Heights 7 km =4.3 mi, 168°
• Glenwood 2.9 km =1.8 mi, 170°
• Harvey 5.7 km =3.5 mi, 325°
• Hazel Crest 7.2 km =4.5 mi, 273°
• Homewood 4.9 km =3 mi, 255°
• Lansing 5.8 km =3.6 mi, 93°
• Lynwood 7.4 km =4.6 mi, 128°
• Markham 7.7 km =4.8 mi, 291°
• Phoenix 5.3 km =3.3 mi, 335°
• Riverdale 7.6 km =4.7 mi, 344°
• South Holland 3.6 km =2.2 mi, 1°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Торнтон